Directive 1997/62 - Adaptation of to technical and scientific progress Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - Main contents

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Number legal act	Directive 1997/62
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Council Directive 97/62/EC of 27 October 1997 adapting to technical and scientific progress Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora

Official Journal L 305 , 08/11/1997 P. 0042 - 0065

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 97/62/EC of 27 October 1997 adapting to technical and scientific progress Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Directive 92/43/EEC (1) and in particular the first paragraph of Article 19 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas certain natural habitat types and species in Annexes I and II to Directive 92/43/EEC should be adapted to technical and scientific progress;

Whereas the Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats (EUR 15 version of April 1996) includes the new Natura 2000 codes which identify each natural habitat type; whereas the reference to the Corine code in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC should be replaced by a reference to the Natura 2000 code,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Directive 92/43/EEC shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 31 December 1997. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 27 October 1997.

For the Council

The President

• R. 

  GOEBBELS

• (1) 

  OJ L 206, 22. 7. 1992, p. 7. Directive as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.

ANNEX

'ANNEX I

NATURAL HABITAT TYPES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

Interpretation

Guidance on the interpretation of habitat types is given in the "Interpretation Manual of European Habitats" as approved by the committee set up in Article 20 ("Habitats Committee") and published by the European Commission (1).

The code corresponds to the Natura 2000 code.

The sign "*" indicates priority habitat types.

• 1. 

  COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS

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• 2. 

  COASTAL SAND DUNES AND INLAND DUNES

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• 3. 

  FRESHWATER HABITATS

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• 4. 

  TEMPERATE HEATH AND SCRUB

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• 5. 

  SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB (MATORRAL)

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• 6. 

  NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLAND FORMATIONS

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• 7. 

  RAISED BOGS AND MIRES AND FENS

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• 8. 

  ROCKY HABITATS AND CAVES

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• 9. 

  FORESTS

(Sub)natural woodland vegetation comprising native species forming forests of tall trees, with typical undergrowth, and meeting the following criteria: rare or residual, and/or hosting species of Community interest

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ANNEX II

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

Interpretation

(a) Annex II follows on from Annex I for the establishment of a consistent network of special areas of conservation.

(b) The species listed in this Annex are indicated:

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  by the name of the species or subspecies, or

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  by all the species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

The abbreviation "spp." after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging to that...

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